September 17, 2026
Metro Council — September 17, 2026 Council meeting
2 decisions explained in plain language.
Regionwide
Metro sets goals and progress measures for regional homeless services
Metro adopted final goals and measures for its Supportive Housing Services program, the regional tax-funded homeless services program run with Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties.
Decision: Passed, 4 to 1. Mary Nolan voted no; Duncan Hwang and Miles Palacios were absent.
Details
The goals include shortening how long people are homeless, speeding up housing placements, and having 85% or more of people placed in housing stay housed at 12 and 24 months. It also tracks things like shelter use, street outreach results, evictions, rents and state and federal funding, with a regional dashboard updated every three months.
Who it affects: People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in the three-county region, and the agencies and workers who serve them.
Next: Metro will share updated details for the street outreach and staff turnover measures after more staff work with the counties. The next staff survey is planned for summer 2027.
Excused 2: Hwang, Palacios · No 1: Nolan · Yes 4: Rosenthal, Carlos Gonzalez, Lewis, Simpson
Specific places or groups
Metro adds money for two state road projects in Beaverton, Hillsboro and OR224
This updates the region's list of federally funded transportation projects so two Oregon Department of Transportation projects can move ahead.
Decision: Passed. Approved by the Metro Council on September 17, 2026, as part of its consent agenda (a group of items approved together without discussion).
Details
One adds curb ramps that meet disability access rules on OR8 in Beaverton and Hillsboro, and now also rebuilds sidewalk railroad crossings at SW 198th Ave. and SW 205th Ave. The other adds a construction phase to repave OR224 between SE 37th Ave and SE Rusk Road to fix cracks and ruts.
Who it affects: People who walk, use wheelchairs or drive on OR8 in Beaverton and Hillsboro and on OR224 near SE 37th Ave and SE Rusk Road.
Money: The OR8 curb ramp project grows from $4,267,000 to $7,967,000, adding $1,600,000 in state highway bonds, $1,884,330 in federal rail crossing safety funds and $215,670 in state matching funds. The OR224 repaving project grows from $1,600,000 to $10,000,000 to pay for construction in federal fiscal year 2027. No impact on Metro's own budget.
Next: The changes go to the Oregon Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Transportation in September 2026, with final federal approval expected in November 2026.
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